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wager

noun
🔊/ˈweɪdʒə(r)/
🔊/ˈweɪdʒər/
(old-fashioned or formal)
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  1. an arrangement to risk money on the result of a particular event打赌 synonym bet
    Word OriginMiddle English (also in the sense ‘solemn pledge’): from Anglo-Norman French wageure, from wager ‘to wage’.

wager

verb
🔊/ˈweɪdʒə(r)/
🔊/ˈweɪdʒər/
(old-fashioned or formal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they wager
🔊/ˈweɪdʒə(r)/
🔊/ˈweɪdʒər/
he / she / it wagers
🔊/ˈweɪdʒəz/
🔊/ˈweɪdʒərz/
past simple wagered
🔊/ˈweɪdʒəd/
🔊/ˈweɪdʒərd/
past participle wagered
🔊/ˈweɪdʒəd/
🔊/ˈweɪdʒərd/
-ing form wagering
🔊/ˈweɪdʒərɪŋ/
🔊/ˈweɪdʒərɪŋ/
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  1. [intransitive, transitive] to bet money打赌；押（赌注） synonym bet
    • wager on something She always wagered on an outsider.她总是把赌注押在不大可能获胜的马上。🔊🔊
    • wager something (on something) to wager £50 on a horse在一匹马上押 50 英镑的赌注
    • wager something/somebody that… I had wagered a great deal of money that I would beat him.我下了大赌注打赌，这次比赛我会赢他的。🔊🔊
  2. [transitive] wager (that)… used to say that you are so confident that something is true or will happen that you would be willing to bet money on it打赌；打包票 synonym bet
    • I'll wager that she knows more about it than she's saying.我敢打赌，她知道的比她说的要多。🔊🔊
    3. Word OriginMiddle English (also in the sense ‘solemn pledge’): from Anglo-Norman French wageure, from wager ‘to wage’.